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Dominique Schelcher, the CEO of Cooperative U, confirmed on X that a cyberattack hit “the cold production facilities of several stores in our network” since Sunday night. EU agriculture and food commissioner Christophe Hansen condemned the attack, also mentioning Leclerc, France’s largest supermarket chain, which has not yet publicly confirmed that it is affected.  French news reports state that the attack hit refrigerators manufactured by Danish company Danfoss. Prime Minister Lecornu’s office said ANSSI has found a flaw in software provided by “a Danish company” and has contacted it. The agency is coordinating with European counterparts as other countries may…

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Construction of a high-speed rail line (LAV) linking Lisbon and Porto began in Portugal on Monday, with work starting on the first section between Porto-Campanhã and Oiã, in the district of Aveiro. Once completed, the line will enable passengers to travel between the two cities in 1 hour and 15 minutes. According to the government, the high-speed project is a key part of the country’s national airport strategy, supporting the new Lisbon airport, and will also help strengthen rail links with Spain. The government says the project will help set up a roughly three-hour journey between Lisbon and Madrid by…

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The new listings follow the removal of Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, two of Russia’s wealthiest men, from the sanctions list last month after heated, down-to-the-wire talks between EU capitals. Monday’s approval was a formality after EU countries agreed on the sanctions list in earlier talks. “We are making it significantly harder, slower and more expensive for Russia to produce the weapons it uses to kill Ukrainians,” Kallas said. The sanctions list will last for three years before it needs to be renewed.

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“Any attempt by Iran to threaten, silence, intimidate, harass, harm, or coerce people on our territories through proxies or any other means is unacceptable,” they said, warning they would ensure “those responsible are held to account.” Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the Iranian ambassador to London had been summoned to the Foreign Office and warned Britain “will not tolerate threats on our soil.” The incident near the RAF Fairford airbase — which the U.S. has used to conduct defensive strikes against Iran — took place on Sept. 27. Seven men have been arrested as part of an investigation by Counter…

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Ceuta made its presence felt at Spain’s National Day parade without a single one of its soldiers setting foot on Madrid’s Paseo del Prado. No troops from the autonomous city took part this year, as the Spanish Ministry of Defence has kept its forces deployed there following the crisis that erupted in July, when tens of thousands of migrants crossed into the territory from Morocco. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, who presided over the ceremony in Madrid, will travel to Ceuta on Tuesday. The parade took place against a tense political backdrop, after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called…

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Published on 12/10/2026 – 21:51 GMT+2•Updated 21:59 French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that the French navy had intercepted and boarded an oil tanker suspected of being involved in illegal fuel-trafficking activities. The operation took place 450 nautical miles south of the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, according to Macron. “Our French Navy boarded the oil tanker DF Peak, which is suspected of sailing under a false flag and of being involved in illicit fuel-trafficking activities,” he wrote in a post on social media, whilst also sharing video footage appearing to show troops rappelling down onto the…

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Le paysage politique se clarifie à gauche. Une opposition claire émerge entre Raphaël Glucksmann, vainqueur dimanche de la primaire PS-Place Publique dès le premier tour, qui refuse toute alliance avec La France insoumise, et Jean-Luc Mélenchon qui veut couler définitivement la sociale démocratie. Que change la victoire de Glucksmann pour le candidat Insoumis ? Le leader de Place publique peut-il rattraper son retard sur son concurrent qui a, une nouvelle fois, fait une démonstration de force à Clermont-Ferrand dimanche ? Anthony Lattier en discute avec Marcelo Wesfreid, le directeur adjoint de la rédaction de POLITICO.Des questions ? Des commentaires ?…

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The EU’s Red Sea naval mission is struggling to attract reinforcements, with only the Netherlands and Belgium offering one extra vessel each, while the Houthis escalate their attacks on Riyadh. Italy has been driving the push to bolster Aspides, the EU naval operation launched in February 2024 to secure navigation in the Red Sea. But little extra capacity has materialised, and the security situation has worsened. “We need at least ten ships, and we are not there. But today we also heard from a few member states that the discussion is ongoing,” EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said at a…

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Published on 12/10/2026 – 20:33 GMT+2 It is one of the most eagerly awaited stars of the Paris Motor Show, which will open its doors in the French capital from 13 to 18 October: Citroën’s legendary 2CV is making a major comeback almost forty years after disappearing from the market, in a fully electric version. With its V-shaped bonnet, upright windscreen and distinctive round headlights, the new city car keeps the lines of its ancestor, as well as its down-to-earth, popular DNA. Launched in 1948 and produced until 1990, the 2CV left its mark on several generations of drivers, becoming…

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